AfricanBioServices – Page 3

AfricanBioServices is an EU-funded research project investigating Ecosystem Services in the Greater Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem in eastern Africa. The main aim of the research project is to understand how the ongoing climate change, human population growth and landuse change affect biodiversity and human well-being, and use this information to derive novel solutions for a future sustainable development. Read more about AfricanBioServices

Drivers & Recommendations

Results - CORDIS: EU research and innovation framework programmes

Climate Change

Climate change represents a major threat to global biodiversity, and in the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem it is apparent as increased variability and irregularity of rainfall.

Human Population Growth

The African continent harbours the fastest growing human population in the world, and the pressure on natural resources in the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem is constantly increasing.

Landuse Change

Agricultural and industrial development is modifying the way different areas are utilized, and in the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem the natural landscape is changing quickly.

MSc thesis from the Univ. of Copenhagen on protected area-people relations

By AfricanBioServices6 December, 2017MSc thesisprotected area, relations

On December 5th 2016, a Master’s thesis affiliated with the AfricanBioServices project was completed at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). Read more

Reflection on my fieldwork as my journey draws to an end

By Hanne Marstrand Andersen27 November, 2017Blogcircumcision, cows, fencing

Crossing the Kenya border around re-election time can really make you nervous but thankfully, everything went well. Read more

Travelling Tanzania with a generator

By Hanne Marstrand Andersen3 November, 2017Blogteaching

Will a program about ecosystems and ecosystem services affect the views or be of any interest to people living in the Serengeti-Mara-ecosystem? Read more

Call to stop African eco-disaster

By AfricanBioServices30 October, 2017Generaldam

A scientist from the James Cook University in Australia has warned of an environmental catastrophe in Africa’s world-famous Serengeti national park if planned new dams are built. Read more

PhD on small mammals of Serengeti ecosystem

By Monica Shilereyo13 October, 2017Blogsmall mammals

I am a PhD candidate working on Influence of land use types on the Distribution, Population Dynamics and Habitat selection of small mammals. Read more

The Masais unknown cousin

By AfricanBioServices6 October, 2017Generalmasai, rituals, sonjo

They live side by side with the Masai and hold a culture where rituals and music play an important role. The Sonjo tribe’s harvesting ceremony is the most central ritual. Read more

Laikipia in the Balance

By AfricanBioServices23 August, 2017Generaldrought

A fraught mix of politics, drought, ancient livelihoods and modern-day pressures is putting Kenya’s Laikipia County at the forefront of increasingly violent acts…Read more

Drought in East Africa affects migration

By AfricanBioServices1 August, 2017Generaldrought, migration, wildebeest

In the huge annual migration in Serengeti National Park, up to 2 million wildebeest, zebras and gazelles travel a great distance between Tanzania and Kenya. Read more

Human-carnivore conflict

By Franco Mbise6 July, 2017Blogcarnivore, conflict, human, livestock

Second, round in my research I did two-task; playbacks and livestock chemoprophylactic program (incentive to the community). Read more

An underappreciated ecosystem service?

By AfricanBioServices26 June, 2017Generalwildebeest

The mass drownings of wildebeest are equivalent to chucking a blue whale into the Mara river every month says Ed Young, Science writer at The Atlantic. Read more

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